M&A

Canadian company Mobeewave has been purchased by Apple for $100 million, giving the tech giant’s existing iPhones the ability to function as contactless, mobile pay hubs. Mobeewave is an app that [...]

This e-Linx issue highlights industry news from US Retail Sales Jump In June (But It Could Be the Last Increase for Some Time), Alipay Parent Ant Moves IPO Close to Home, Plaid Sued in New Class [...]

This e-Linx issue highlights industry news from Facebook Ad Boycott Grows to Include Coca-Cola, Unilever, Towards Racial Justice, Klarna Fintech Arms 7.85 Million Consumers With More Buying [...]

Mastercard announced its intent to acquire financial technology company Finicity to advance its API and financial data strategy. The acquisition is intended to strengthen the payment card giant’s [...]

This e-Linx issue highlights industry news from New Clean Way to Pay: Mobile Wallets Surge on Covid 19 Fears, Card-Linked Loyalty Points May Save Airlines, Cash Back Offers Pivot to E-Commerce, [...]

Augeo announced today that it will acquire fellow CardLinx member Empyr. The deal terms were not disclosed. Augeo is a leading digital engagement company and card-linked technology provider to banks.

Wirecard is a leading global payments platform and processor that focuses on merchants in-store and on-line payments processing needs. Wirecard is publicly traded and currently has a market cap [...]

FIS has entered into an agreement to acquire e-commerce payments processor WorldPay. FIS's acquisition of WorldPay illustrates that the drive for scale is an important component for innovation [...]

Last week’s mega bank merger between BB&T and SunTrust creates the 6th largest commercial bank in the US. This yet-to-be-named new bank is a bet that increased scale will help keep up with larger [...]

Today, Fiserv announced the acquisition of CardLinx founding member First Data in an all stock deal worth $22 billion. The proposed deal is one of the largest acquisitions in the financial [...]